Tertullian complains that "we are called by them simple" and "are considered foolish because we are simple:" he answers that the Valentinians are the fools. Similarly Irenaeus (AH 3.15.2) and Hippolytus (Ref Praefatio)." From Chapter I of Elaine Pagels' The Gnostic Paul. Patrologia Latina II (Paris: Migne, 1844)." text divisions follow those of R. Massuet, in Migne. Patrologia Graeca 7 (1857). These are also noted in Harvey's margins." Romans feared quantum~sophist~gn¤sticism more than any other belief system and tried vainly to destroy it. ("the called"), who should be referred as "Fools," using their own dialectical criteria. |